Quirke's 'Missing' handed second run

The BBC has recommissioned daytime drama series Missing for a second run.

The show, which stars Pauline Quirke as the head of a Missing Persons Unit, will return for an extended 10-part season in 2010.

Mark Wingett, Felix Scott and Poojah Shah are coming back for the second series and they will be joined by new guest stars including Roy Hudd, Paul Nicholas, Brooke Kinsella, Gary Lucy and Sylvia Syms.

BBC daytime controller Liam Keelan commented: "We have seen how successful combining drama and factual programming has been in BBC Daytime - extending the run of Missing will create an even greater sense of event."

The new series is currently being filmed in the South East and on location in Dover.